Custom JumpStart Installation Package and Patch Enhancements

Starting with the Solaris 10 3/05 release,
when you install and upgrade the Solaris OS by using the custom JumpStart
installation method, new customizations enable the following:

A Solaris Flash installation with additional packages

The custom JumpStart profile package keyword has
been enhanced to enable installing a Solaris Flash archive with additional
packages. For example, you can install the same base archive on two machines,
but add a different set of packages to each machine. These packages do not
have to be a part of the Solaris OS distribution.

An installation with additional packages that might not be
part of the Solaris distribution

The package keyword
has also been enhanced to enable an installation with a package that is not
part of the Solaris distribution. You no longer need to write a postinstallation
script to add extra packages.

An installation with the ability to install Solaris OS patches

The new custom JumpStart profile patch keyword enables
the installation of Solaris OS patches. This feature allows the installation
of a list of patches that are specified in a patch file.